Section 2126 | CALCRIM (Jury Instructions)

the evidence]; People v. Williams (2002) 28 Cal.4th 408, 417 [121 Cal.Rptr.2d 854,
49 P.3d 203] [same]; People v. Esayian (2003) 112 Cal.App.4th 1031, 1039 [5
Cal.Rptr.3d 542] [results of blood test admissible even though phlebotomist who
drew blood not authorized under title 17].)
Do not give this instruction if the court has bifurcated the trial. Instead, give
CALCRIM No. 2126, Driving Under the Influence or With 0.08 or 0.04 Percent
Blood Alcohol: Prior Convictions—Bifurcated Trial. See the Bench Notes to
CALCRIM No. 3100, Prior Conviction: Nonbifurcated Trial, for an extensive
discussion of bifurcation. If the court does not grant a bifurcated trial, give
CALCRIM No. 2125, Driving Under the Influence or With 0.08 or 0.04 Percent
Blood Alcohol: Prior Convictions.
On request, give CALCRIM No. 2241, Driver and Driving Defined.
Defenses—Instructional Duty
On request, if supported by the evidence, the court must instruct on the “imminent
peril/sudden emergency” doctrine. (People v. Boulware (1940) 41 Cal.App.2d 268,
269–270 [106 P.2d 436].) The court may use the bracketed instruction on sudden
emergency in CALCRIM No. 590, Gross Vehicular Manslaughter While Intoxicated.
Related Instructions
CALCRIM No. 2100, Driving a Vehicle or Operating a Vessel Under the Influence
Causing Injury.
CALCRIM No. 2125, Driving Under the Influence or With 0.08 or 0.04 Percent
Blood Alcohol: Prior Convictions.
CALCRIM No. 2126, Driving Under the Influence or With 0.08 or 0.04 Percent
Blood Alcohol: Prior Convictions—Bifurcated Trial.
CALCRIM No. 595, Vehicular Manslaughter: Speeding Laws Defined.
AUTHORITY
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Elements. Veh. Code, § 23153(e); Burg v. Municipal Court (1983) 35 Cal.3d
257, 265–266 [198 Cal.Rptr. 145, 673 P.2d 732].
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Partition Ratio. Veh. Code, § 23152; People v. Bransford (1994) 8 Cal.4th 885,
890 [35 Cal.Rptr.2d 613, 884 P.2d 70].
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Presumptions. Veh. Code, § 23153(e); Evid. Code, § 607; People v. Milham
(1984) 159 Cal.App.3d 487, 503–505 [205 Cal.Rptr. 688].
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Must Instruct on Elements of Predicate Offense. People v. Minor (1994) 28
Cal.App.4th 431, 438–439 [33 Cal.Rptr.2d 641]; People v. Ellis (1999) 69
Cal.App.4th 1334, 1339 [82 Cal.Rptr.2d 409].
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Negligence—Ordinary Care. Pen. Code, § 7(2); Restatement Second of Torts,
§ 282.
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Causation. People v. Rodriguez (1960) 186 Cal.App.2d 433, 440 [8 Cal.Rptr.
863].
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Unanimity Instruction. People v. Gary (1987) 189 Cal.App.3d 1212, 1218 [235
CALCRIM No. 2102
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bifurcated trial, give CALCRIM No. 2126, Driving Under the Influence or With
0.08 or 0.04 Percent Blood Alcohol: Prior Convictions—Bifurcated Trial. If the
defendant stipulates to the truth of the convictions, the prior convictions should not
be disclosed to the jury unless the court admits them as otherwise relevant. (See
People v. Hall (1998) 67 Cal.App.4th 128, 135 [79 Cal. Rptr. 2d 690].)
The bracketed paragraph that begins with “If the People have proved beyond a
reasonable doubt that a sample of” explains a rebuttable presumption cr